Nash plants a new beet seed crop on Wheeler Farm. Nash is interviewed for “Growing a Greener World,” a series on PBS. Micaela Colley of Organic Seed Alliance is filmed by Jane Champion talking about buckwheat seed. Sam harvests the oat crop off of the Schmuck Rd. fields. Nash uses his grandfather’s sausage press to make liverwurst with his own pigs. Nash is interviewed by Anne Erickson of Seattle King 5 news. Dr. John Navazio, Nash and Chris do some kale selection on Clapp Farm. Irrigation Festival Queen Katey and Princesses Kaylee, Kristina and Judi celebrate Local Food Month in September. The carrots are washed and packed at the packing shed. Long beds of carrots are harvested by machine and loaded directly into bins. From left, Josh, Xander and Chris harvested 4 bins of carrots on a September morning. In June, a group of artists came to paint, showing the farm with new eyes. The skeleton for the new tomato greenhouse is put in place. It measures 30’ x 100’. The long sheets of plastic that form the walls and roof are laid down along the east side. As the plastic is pulled with twine by 7 people on the west side, it is helped upwards by Suzy and Ivy. Suzy directs the people on the west side so they all pull evenly. The plastic is wound around small rocks and tied to the twine. Once over the center line, the plastic slides easily down the west side. At one point, the plastic had to be pulled forward to keep it square. The plastic is secured at the base. Chris pulls the plastic forward into place. Suzy secures the plastic on the front and back with wiggle wire. The covered greenhouse is shown to kids from the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. Waylon Barrett prepares the soil in the greenhouse for planting tomatoes. Suzi Strom plants tomato starts in the new greenhouse. The tomato greenhouse in May 2014. A mountain of old rotting hay bales is being converted into windrows as a carbon source for new compost. Winter is the time for the crew to prune the apple orchard in the Dungeness Field. In mid-January, Nash participated in a unique gathering of veteran organic farmers at the Esalen Institute in CA. Nash and other Esalen Institute participants listen to a presentation. From left: Amigo Bob Cantisano, Nash Huber, and Michael Ableman at the Esalen Institute Agrarian Elders conference. A wide variety of veggies are planted in trays. These plugs will be transplanted later in the season. Prancer is expertly performing her duties at the farm. Sam McCullough presented a talk on seed cleaning at the Organic Seed Growers Conference at Oregon State University in Corvallis, WA on January 31.